Kara-Moon Forum
March 28, 2024, 05:34:09 PM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Login with username, password and session length
News: You can go back to the main site here: Kara-Moon site
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register  
Pages: [1]
  Print  
Author Topic: Le vélo au Félix / Felix's bicycle  (Read 6455 times)
Daniel Pompougnac
Full Member
***
Posts: 202


There's a little wind, today...


WWW
« on: July 10, 2013, 02:12:09 PM »

Felix Arnaudin (1844-1921) was a French poet and photographer, and a specialist in Haute-Lande (very barren landscapes in the south west of France).
He thus travel Haute Lande from end to end, often on bicycle, to interrogate its inhabitants, using forms. He apply the same thoroughness to the making of inquiry notes and photo directories...(from Wikipedia).

Felix cycles slowly. Some piano chords, then...


Dans les années 1870, Félix Arnaudin parcourait inlassablement à vélo la lande désertique du Sud-Ouest de la France : la Grande Lande.
Photographe, il s'était donné une mission, celle de figer pour l'éternité sur les plaques de verre ces paysages immenses de marais que le progrès allait faire disparaître.
Pour que l'on se rappelle.

L'histoire vécue dans ma tête pour composer avec un fil et le sourire est celle-ci :
Quelques notes de pianos s'égrènent et se balancent pendant un tiers du morceau, et l'on sent bien que Félix ne pédale pas bien fort Smiley
Puis, peu à peu, au fil des kilomètres, tout cela s'anime et Monsieur Le photographe, s'arrête, repart, enthousiaste, et aperçoit probablement au loin de beaux paysages à déposer aux pieds de l'infini.
Epuisé après un tel labeur et tant d'émotions incontrôlables, il s'endort enfin doucement au pied d'un pin...

Here > Le vélo au Félix


Photo Félix Arnaudin
Logged

bvdp
Kara-Moon Master
****
Posts: 1436


WWW
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2013, 05:58:12 PM »

Very nice indeed! Thanks for sharing.

If I were to make a suggestion it'd be that you add more pronounced dynamics and, perhaps, some tempo changes ... sort of to get more of a feeling of the changing rhythms of riding a bicycle. But, it really is fine as it is.

Best,
Logged

My online life: http://www.mellowood.ca
Moon
Global Moderator
Kara-Moon Master
*****
Posts: 1785



« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2013, 06:03:57 PM »

There's a nice frensh melancholic in this song. For me this works.

Thnaks for sharing.

Moon
Logged
folderol
Kara-Moon Master
****
Posts: 5296

Who? Me?


WWW
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2013, 06:51:43 PM »

I really, really like the way this develops, gathering up instruments and counter melodies as the wheels turn.
Logged

If you have a poem, I have a tune, and we exchange these, we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
- Will
Daniel Pompougnac
Full Member
***
Posts: 202


There's a little wind, today...


WWW
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2013, 07:55:40 PM »

Thank's about your kind comments Smiley

@ bdvp,
I'll try with more dynamics (update treeble, maybe...)

@Moon
I think you like accordion sounds. Yes ?

@Folderol
Thank's, I'm moved. Yes, wheels and music.
« Last Edit: July 10, 2013, 08:08:33 PM by Daniel Pompougnac » Logged

MarioD
Kara-Moon Master
****
Posts: 4324


« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 12:33:53 AM »

I agree with Will on this one

This is one beautiful piece of music  wOO
Logged

The older I get the better I was!
Moon
Global Moderator
Kara-Moon Master
*****
Posts: 1785



« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2013, 05:21:16 PM »

@Moon
I think you like accordion sounds. Yes ?


Not particularly: it's the overall atmosphere in the song that's doing the trick  Wink
Logged
Oren
Moderator
Kara-Moon Master
*****
Posts: 5444


...just looking for clues...


« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2013, 12:38:31 AM »

Daniel,

Le tempo et la convivialité de votre composition est juste pour ce sentiment d'une bicyclette roulant à travers la campagne - en plus, la musique correspond à la nature austère de ses paysages photographiques. Un complément parfait pour l'homme et son art, je pense...  Kiss

(the tempo and feel of your composition is right for a bicycle rolling through the countryside - plus, the music matches the austere nature of his photographic landscapes. A perfect compliment to the man and his art... I think...)
Logged

Azell
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 401


« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2013, 04:01:58 PM »

superbe...
Logged

Kara pour toujours
Daniel Pompougnac
Full Member
***
Posts: 202


There's a little wind, today...


WWW
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2013, 11:28:42 AM »

Merci vraiement, MarioD, Oren (in french langage !) et Azell. je suis vraiment content que cela vous ait plu.
Daniel
Logged

Pages: [1]
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
Page created in 0.051 seconds with 20 queries.